SENIOR SANCTUARY IS ON THE HEALTH PATH

The days are flying so fast away, and its been busy here at the Senior Sanctuary ( ChaCha wouldn't like to be called a Senior yet!)

I am so thankful to our veterinarian, Frau Kast and her team at the Tier Artz. Our Italian clients are being taken cared of with a lot care and love.

Leah is healing wonderful after her tumor surgery last week. And I am so happy we took the chance to put her under surgery despite her age. Leah was examined before the surgery, and she got a very strong heart. If we wouldn't have done the surgery, she would probably have had a couple of months to live.

We look at the client, the value of the dogs life, but we never take away an animal because we are afraid.

The blood test from ChaCha came back. I decided for a BIG blood analyse to take away many things that were possible for her to have.

She gained weight without eating much, so veterinarian Frau Kast suspected it could be the thyroid that was not working properly. And she was right!

Now Cha Cha is on medication, and after one month we have to take a new bloodtest to see how she is responding to her new medicine.

I had had the feeling that something wasn't ok with ChaCha, on the outside she looked fine, but I got the "mother feeling" And I was right!

Wonderful team work and amazing results when we all listen to each other.

That's Amore!

A BUSY DAY AT THE SENIOR SANCTUARY

My beloved Leah got a nasty aggressive tumor on her inside of her leg. In a short time it grew and opened up.

Our veterinarian examined her and despite her older age we decided to have it removed. Its uncomfortable for her now and it will probably be painful for her in a while. While she is sedated they will check her with ultra sound.

Leah got a very strong heart and a fabulous personality! 

Our Senior three legged Angelo got a horrible infection in his nose. Antibiotic and painkiller for him.

The lady ChaCha had to go to the veterinarian too, for a lot of different blood tests. I know something is not correct inside of her. Also, our veterinarian told us she need to lose weight. 56kg!!!

We don't know how we are going to do that!!! She is on 2 small cups of dry food every day, and she got her own personal trainer (walker) Hm! Maybe I need to follow them during their walks to see if they really are walking and not by a fast food restaurant!

HALL GRYTAN KOKANDE

Skänk 10 Kr eller mer - En God Jul Till Utsatta Hundar!

Sverige Swisha 10 kr eller mer till 0735-090830. 

Skriv God Jul som meddelade. Tack! 

Ett kallt hårt betonggolv. En känsla av panik eller kanske hopplöshet och förtvivlan. Hungrig, törstig och smärtor i kroppen. En själ som långsamt tynar bort och ger upp... 
Detta är vad många hemlösa hundar upplever varje dag, när de sitter instängda i hemska shelters. Många sitter år ut och år in…. En miljö som är allt annat human att leva i, oavsett om det är djur eller människa. Eller hemlösa hundar som lever på gatan, många med skador och sjukdomar.

Som tur är finns det människor som vill skapa en förändring för dessa hundar, föreningar som passionerat arbetar för att utsatta hundar ska få ett bra liv. Animlas without Limits är en sådan förening och dem vill vi stötta!

Så nu är det vår tur att hänga på den fantastiska trenden - skänk 10 kr! Vi har såklart valt att stötta utsatta hundar. Mer specifikt kommer pengarna gå till Animals Without Limits (AWL) - som en en ideell organisation som jobbar för att skapa en bättre tillvaro för utsatta hemlösa hundar mestadels i Italien. AWL är en förening som jobbar mycket i det tysta, som gör otroligt mycket gott, men som inte hörs och syns mest. Den drivs av Mia Mattsson Mercer, som är en eldsjäl för djuren och gör mycket av jobbet helt själv. Såklart vill vi stötta henne och AWLs arbete. Vill ni veta mer om AWL så titta in på deras facebooksida!

Evenemanget börjar idag den 12 december och pågår fram till den 22 december. De pengar som kommit in skickar vi sedan direkt till AWL, som en julklapp till de utsatta hundarna från alla oss! 

Var med och önska God Jul genom att skänka 10 kr du också! Eller mer om du vill. Varje tia är guld värd, så ingen summa är för liten.
Ingen kan göra allt men alla kan göra något, så var med du också och skapa en bättre värld för de utsatta hundarna. De förtjänar det!

SWISHA 10 KR, ELLER MER OM DU VILL, TILL 0735-090830 (MELINDA HARTNER) OCH SKRIV GOD JUL SOM MEDDELANDE.

DEN 22/12 KL 24.00 AVSLUTAS INSAMLINGEN, DÄREFTER RÄKNAS SUMMAN IHOP OCH SKICKAS DIREKT TILL AWL.

VI KOMMER HA EN ÖPPEN REDOVISNING DÄR ALLA SOM DELTAGIT KOMMER ATT STÅ MED. VILL DU VARA ANONYM SÅ SKRIV DET I MEDDELANDET.

KOM IGEN, VAR MED OSS OCH GÖR SKILLNAD :)

Harmoni & Balans ♥
/ Melinda och Joakim

NEVER GIVE UP ON ANYONE

In January this year did I fly and visit  Portugal. Mafalda and Rachel from their organisation welcomed me warmly, and showed me around in their beautiful colourful home of Lisbon.

Also, as I wanted, they took me to the backside of dog treatments, that no tourists ever sees.

I got to visit the death shelter. It is a very dark place which you never want to enter, afraid of not getting the images away that are glued behind your eyes.
I cried!

Yes I cried, and I let myself cry. That means I am still aware of the problem, and want to do something about it.

Inside there are no air! Boxes with high concrete walls. They never get outside, never get to see the light. This is a Town hall shelter, with people employed. I wondered for myself how their inner mind must look like after days, months and years working here. Do they tell them the up lifting stories that they are actually doing a change for the dogs? The euthanise of dogs are high--and don't tell me that is the solution or its "good" for the dog. Its a never ending story....dogs after dogs after dogs are being killed.

A couple of days later, I flew out with two dogs, to a wonderful home in Sweden. They were the lucky ones.

I want to do more! Take all dogs out and just eliminate the whole place.

I found Pat (picture below) that is one boy they wanted to euthanise. I saw his eyes.

Life was still there!

I wanted him.

This was January. Today it is December! It took me 11 months to get him out.

He is safe now! At a place were people love animals. Bruna is part of this Association that try to make it better for the animals in Portugal.

We sent 300 euro donation for Pat where he it staying in a  Dog kennel, with great food and free fields. We are getting updates about him very often. (money is for bathing-- you can believe how he smells after years in a concrete box-- veterinarian treatment and the rent to wonderful Bruna Rescue Kennel)

Thank you for helping making this possible. Movimento Movido a 4 Patas together with Bruna and AWL.

More updates will come.

Thats Amore!

Stella Nutella Loves Unconditionally

Why hurt someone whose only intention was only to love you.

Stella Nutella was a "happy" street dog.  She loved the people that fed her everyday, and gave her a pet or a belly rub now and then. Until that day when people started to build on the land she lived on. 

Many of her dog friends, disappeared, some got poisoned. Stella didn't want to leave, she loved people so much. The workers started to throw rocks at her. 

Thats when I saw her......